The medical community said, "Taking a leave of absence is free will...The nation can't be forced to come back."

The medical community strongly protested the government's approval of conditional leave of absence for medical students, saying it was against the constitution.

In a joint statement, five medical organizations, including the National Council of Medical Professors, the Emergency Committee, and the Korean Medical Association,

The government's policy to approve leave of absence on the condition of returning next year and to be paid and expelled if not returned is to take away the basic rights of the people guaranteed by Article 10 of the Constitution from medical students.

At the same time, he criticized that students who study with free will and pay tuition stopped studying based on their autonomous judgment, and the state has no right to intervene in whether to approve a leave of absence.

Park Dan, chairman of the emergency committee of the Medical Council, also said on social media that students will not return to school, saying, "Is it fair and common sense that the government says not to allow medical students to take a leave of absence?"